Cover art for War of the Whisperers by Adam Niswander. The fourth book in his Shaman Cycle series. Sadly, even criminally, these aren't mass market paperbacks, but specialty publishers. That's a crime. Probably the best books ever written about Native American shamans facing Lovecraftian mythos threats. Not an easy cover to do. These are specifically Arizona, so my ground, my mountains, the snake, the scorpion, it all had to be consistent with Arizona. The writer, who is also a friend, is thrilled with it. My payment, about 250 older books. More valuable than money to me when I have to spend a large part of my day in bed, usually reading. Adam also runs a horror, science fiction and fantasy collectible book supply business.